[Security-meetings] Security Reading Group for Winter 2021

Mon Jun 7 10:22:35 PDT 2021

Hi all,

This is a reminder that we will have our reading group at *11am* today.
Xiao will present her project on "Resilient Object Partitioning and
Replication". Since the manuscript itself is still under submission, she
provided its abstract as follows.

*Abstract*: Inter-organizational systems where subsystems with partial
trust need to cooperate are common in finance, healthcare, and the
military. In the face of malicious Byzantine attacks, the ultimate goal is
to assure end-to-end policies for the three aspects
of trustworthiness: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. In
contrast to confidentiality and integrity, provision and validation of
availability is often missing. This paper enforces end-to-end policies
simultaneously for all three aspects of trustworthiness. It presents a
security-typed object-based language, a partitioning transformation, an
operational semantics, and an information flow type inference system for
partitioned and replicated classes. The type system provably guarantees
that well-typed methods enjoy noninterference and that their types quantify
their resilience to Byzantine attacks. Type inference results in automatic
placement and replication of fields and methods that lead to automatic
synthesis of trustworthy-by-construction distributed systems. The resulting
systems can gracefully tolerate faults that are as strong as their
resiliency specifications.

Please use the link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join. This would be
the last group for Spring. See you all very soon!

Best,
- Shitong

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:37 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is a reminder that we *don't* have the reading group in observance
> of Memorial Day. Sorry I didn't realize this when I wrote the previous
> email. Enjoy the holiday and see you all next Monday!
>
> Best,
> - Shitong
>
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 10:39 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since many people are attending Oakland today, let us skip the reading
>> group this week. Hope you enjoy the conference and see you all next Monday!
>>
>> Best,
>> - Shitong
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:37 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading
>>> group at *11AM PST* today. Mingjun will present the Chia Business
>>> Whitepaper for us.
>>>
>>> Please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join. See
>>> you all very soon!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> - Shitong
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:37 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading
>>>> group at *11AM PST* today. Ali will present the paper titled "*Sys: A
>>>> Static/Symbolic Tool for Finding Good Bugs in Good (Browser) Code*"
>>>> from Usenix Security 2020.
>>>>
>>>> Please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join. See
>>>> you all very soon!
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> - Shitong
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM Shitong Zhu <shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading
>>>>> group at *11AM PST* today. Sheng will present the paper titled "*On
>>>>> the Feasibility of Stealthily Introducing Vulnerabilities in Open-Source
>>>>> Software via Hypocrite Commits*" (accepted at and recently withdrawn)
>>>>> from IEEE S&P 2020.
>>>>>
>>>>> As usual, please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to
>>>>> join. See you all very soon!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:32 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will start our security reading
>>>>>> group at *11AM PST* today. Haochen will present the paper titled "*FuzzGen:
>>>>>> Automatic Fuzzer Generation*" from Usenix Security 2020. I would
>>>>>> like to also take this chance to thank all the participants, volunteers and
>>>>>> faculty members who have helped us keep a lineup of presentations.
>>>>>> Moving forward, I will also do my best to guarantee the continuity of the
>>>>>> group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As usual, please use the Zoom link https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345
>>>>>> to join. See you all soon!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:31 AM Zhiyun Qian <zhiyunq at cs.ucr.edu>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for Heng's and everyone's initiative. From my observation,
>>>>>>> presentation is a critical skill that unfortunately does not receive much
>>>>>>> attention. I wish we can all learn from the experience and presenting and
>>>>>>> paying attention to others' presentations. Hopefully you will form some
>>>>>>> ideas on what presentations are effective. One common issue I see is too
>>>>>>> many details are presented which is not friendly to many who do not work
>>>>>>> directly in that space. I'd suggest that we pick papers that have
>>>>>>> interesting ideas and strong results that most people can relate to (and
>>>>>>> focus only on those points). Note that I think many of the presentations
>>>>>>> need to have more background slides also to motivate the problem. I see
>>>>>>> many presentations glossed over this in only one or two sentences (that is
>>>>>>> typically insufficient to set up the context for others to understand why
>>>>>>> this problem is worthwhile solving).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Zhiyun
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:04 AM Heng Yin <heng.yin at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So far, ten students responded, and only one doesn't want to
>>>>>>>> participate in the reading group. This is a completely voluntary event that
>>>>>>>> is organized by students.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One common suggestion I can see is that the moderator needs to plan
>>>>>>>> several presentations in advance by reaching out more proactively to those
>>>>>>>> students who have not presented or presented recently to fill out vacant
>>>>>>>> spots. I think this is a good idea. In most cases, students just need a
>>>>>>>> nudge to step forward.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One student dislikes the idea of a cash award. I agree with that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the end, this event should be totally run by students. I hope
>>>>>>>> that in the future if we encounter any issues, you guys can find ways to
>>>>>>>> resolve them by yourselves.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Heng
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 11:45 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Heng for your proposal and tentative incentives. While I
>>>>>>>>> believe we do have quite some audience participation each time, the lack of
>>>>>>>>> presenters have been inevitably causing pauses of the great group. I’ll
>>>>>>>>> also do my best to reach out to students this week that I personally know
>>>>>>>>> who might have something to present, and thus keep a lineup to avoid
>>>>>>>>> disrupting the continuity.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Again, for this who are interested, use this sheet to sign up
>>>>>>>>> please:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 11:23 AM Heng Yin <heng.yin at ucr.edu>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is quite disappointing that nobody signs up to present in the
>>>>>>>>>> security reading group, despite we emphasize its importance repeatedly. If
>>>>>>>>>> this is what people want, I am fine with it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Here I create an anonymous survey to collect your feedback:
>>>>>>>>>> https://forms.gle/eefgNpQtR7SvwyYJ8
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'd propose to give some incentive to those who present and
>>>>>>>>>> actively participate in this by giving out some cash awards (e.g., $100 as
>>>>>>>>>> a stipend) for best presenters and best participants.  I welcome other
>>>>>>>>>> ideas too.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -Heng
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:19 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is a (late) reminder that we don’t have the reading group
>>>>>>>>>>> today because no presenter has signed up for today. Please consider doing
>>>>>>>>>>> so for future groups using the sheet
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing.
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:06 PM Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003 at ucr.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for attending the group meeting today and your valuable
>>>>>>>>>>>> questions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm following Zhiyun's question here about the granularity of
>>>>>>>>>>>> the spatial context.
>>>>>>>>>>>> They refine the spatial context for not only drivers, but arch,
>>>>>>>>>>>> net and fs subsystems as well, for example, drivers/media and drivers/dma
>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>> different spatial contexts. Moreover, the spatial context of
>>>>>>>>>>>> sound/soc and sound/x86 is sound.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:33 AM Yizhuo Zhai <yzhai003 at ucr.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have the reading
>>>>>>>>>>>>> group at 11AM PST today. I (Yizhuo) will present the paper titled
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Exaggerated Error Handling Hurts! An In-Depth Study and Context-Aware
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Detection" from CCS '20.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please attend the meeting via Zoom:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/8171761639
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Meeting ID: 817 176 1639
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> See you all soon!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:06 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the wrong presenter and paper title -- Zheng in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fact already presented last week and this week it should be Jinghan with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the paper titled "WEIZZ: Automatic Grey-box Fuzzing for Structured Binary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Formats" from ISSTA 2020. The presentation will start in 5
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> minutes in case you are interested but have not joined yet. Thanks a lot.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:59 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the last minute notice: we are starting today's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading group at https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345. Zheng is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> going to present the paper titled "Precisely Characterizing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Security Impact in a Flood of Patches via Symbolic Rule Comparison"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from NDSS '20.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 10:33 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we DON’T have the reading
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> group today due to the spring break. Enjoy your break and let’s meet next
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Monday!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 12:19 PM Zheng Zhang <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zzhan173 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It seems that I cannot send the slides directly  due to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the size limitation
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the link to the slides:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kSRAVnzKUNVKifQXnRanNlPViUDJQsjr/view?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 12:09 PM Zheng Zhang <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> zzhan173 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> These are the slides.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the link to the paper:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/sid.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the link to the related paper in our discussions:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.05620.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:40 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading group at 11AM PST today. Zheng will present and discuss the paper
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> titled "Precisely Characterizing Security Impact in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Flood of Patches via Symbolic Rule Comparison" from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NDSS '20.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please use the Zoom link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join (@Zheng: I'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> let you share your screen once you join). See you all soon!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 4:18 PM Ju Chen <jchen757 at ucr.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Slides for today's presentation. Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 10:35 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first reading group for this quarter at 11AM PST. Ju will present and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> discuss the paper titled "Efficient Sampling of SAT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Solutions for Testing" from ICSE '18.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please use the Zoom link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join (@Ju: I'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> let you share your screen once you join). See you all soon!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 10:29 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a friendly reminder that we will have our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first reading group for this quarter at 11AM PST. Zhenxiao will present and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> discuss two papers today: (1) SymCC (
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec20-poeplau.pdf)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and (2) SymQEMU (
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/ndss2021_2B-2_24118_paper.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please use the Zoom link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/2957702345 to join (@Zhenxiao:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll let you share your screen once you join). See you all soon!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 7:58 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is a reminder that we *WON'T* have the reading
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> group tomorrow (Feb 22) as the presenter will be attending NDSS at the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same time. Sorry for the consecutive delays -- I am sure we will finally
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start the group on next Monday (Feb 29). Hope everyone going to NDSS will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enjoy the talks and all the virtual events there!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:56 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> First, I would like to thank all of you for signing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up for the presentations. Now we already have four presenters for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coming weeks (thanks to @Zhenxiao, @Ju, @Zheng and @Jinghan).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Second, this is a friendly reminder we *WON’T* have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our reading group today due to President's Day holiday. I’ll send another
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reminder later this week for next Monday's group (Feb 22) including its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> details.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 12:14 AM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hope you all had a great weekend!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, our signup sheet is still empty at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the moment without any volunteers, which is why I have to postpone our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading group indefinitely, until there is at least one showing up in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sheet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m sincerely encouraging anyone who has read, or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even written interesting papers recently, to participate in the upcoming
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> presentations. Also, I’m hoping faculty members can encourage your students
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in doing so. Even though I’m doing my best to keep this event voluntary,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’ll have no choice but start asking around if there is still no one
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> showing up later this week. Please consider participating in this and share
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the work you are interested in. Thanks and looking forward to starting the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> group as soon as next Monday (Feb 15)!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 6:02 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot for marking your availability in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> poll. Based on all votes, *Monday 11AM to noon
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (PST)* is the most shared time slot. Let's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tentatively schedule our group meetings for this time then.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For presentations, unfortunately we don't have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any volunteers who have signed up on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the point. Therefore, let's wait for another week and start the group
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> meeting on *Feb 8*. Again, please feel free to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> share any paper that you find interesting and present it. There were quite
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some conferences that took place over the past months -- in security,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> software engineering, PL, ML and even other domains. I am sure there were
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> many interesting and worthy papers that study security-related topics on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> those venues. I very much look forward to seeing volunteers to sign up!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:31 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to the Doodle poll (we only have 9
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> participants so far), Monday 10AM-11AM, Monday 11AM-noon, Thursday 2PM to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3PM have the most votes (8 for each). I'll keep the poll open for this week
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and if the availability remains the same at the end of the week, I'll pick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one from these three slots as the recurring reading group time and start
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the group from next week.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In order to maximize the coverage for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading group, I hope all security faculty members can encourage your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> students to participate, as they would probably be the ones who benefit the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> most from the presentations and discussions -- thanks for your support in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> advance!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 4:10 PM Shitong Zhu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shitong.zhu at email.ucr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Welcome back and hope you all are well and had
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a wonderful new year!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm Shitong Zhu, a final-year CS PhD student.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll be helping organize the security reading group for Winter 2021. As you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> know, our reading group has been suspended for a while since mid-2020, due
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the pandemic and other reasons. Entering a new year, both students and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> faculty members have been gradually noticing that without a venue where
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> students can present and discuss latest research in the community, many
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> folks have found it challenging to keep a fresh/update-to-date research
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mindset, and more importantly, engaging discussions with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other participants. Moreover, due to the pandemic, people are becoming
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disconnected socially. In these regards, we have decided to resume the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading group, and hope that its reopening would bring not only new ideas,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ignite the research sparkles, but also re-connect people together with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wide reach this group has been covering.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As usual, we plan to reserve 1 hour per week
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for presenting papers and follow-up discussions. Additionally, we will keep
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Zoom channel open after the 1 hour so that folks can have free chats if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they are interested. I have created a Doodle poll for converging on a time
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> slot for the 1 hour presentation/discussion allocation: *https://doodle.com/poll/t4f52syt8w5qegxy?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://doodle.com/poll/t4f52syt8w5qegxy?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link>*.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that even the poll shows times for this week, it presents all weeks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> until the end of Winter 2021.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Besides the poll, please also sign up/volunteer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the upcoming presentations in this sheet: *https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FJanYoWV1WlVXMVTg4hJ_O-wyZcOxGsCcAYAAHKOhIY/edit?usp=sharing>*.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With all the conferences held over the past months, I believe there are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tons of interesting papers that are worth presentations and discussions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please don't be shy -- both literature review and presentation skills are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at the very core for the development of graduate students.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot and have a great weekend!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Yizhuo Zhai*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Computer Science, Graduate Student*
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *University of California, Riverside *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *Yizhuo Zhai*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *Computer Science, Graduate Student*
>>>>>>>>>>>> *University of California, Riverside *
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>> - Shitong
>>>>>>>>>
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